The provincial examination is coming

Author: Emei Swordsman

The provincial examination is coming

Since the Ruyi incident ended, Gu Yunji has never seen Gu Ming'an again. Whenever someone asks, the elders of the Gu family only say that he is sick and wants to stay in the room to take a good rest, and no one is allowed to visit him.

Although everyone in the school was a little confused about the truth about Ruyi's loss, seeing Gu Mingan staying away and Cheng Yan continued to come back to class properly, he guessed seven or eight points in his heart. He was tactful and did not pick it up, just thinking that everything was done.

It hasn't happened.

Without Gu Ming'an, he was confused and found faults, and Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan's school life became particularly comfortable. He studied step by step every day, prepared for exams and studied, and lived a fulfilling life.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is early August, and the provincial examination is about to begin soon.

The provincial examination, also known as the autumn examination, is a large-scale examination held by local governments at the prefecture level. Whether in terms of the paper questions or the probability of passing, it is difficult for the county examination. Generally speaking, there are a total of eight admissions in the Songjiang Prefecture Township Examination.

There are ten scholars, but there are as many as thousands of scholars who come to take the exam, and the admission rate is less than one-tenth. It is not an exaggeration to say that thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge.

It is so difficult to pass, but there are still thousands of people who are tireless about it. From the black hair and the hair is white, they are reluctant to give up. The main reason is that the rewards brought by passing the exam are too great.

The scholar passed the exam can only be said to have successfully entered the ranks of intellectuals, while the scholar passed the exam was truly leaping into the ruling class.

With the reputation of the Juren, you have the qualifications to be an official. If you are unwilling to continue to participate in the imperial examination, you can choose to be an alternate official directly. If you are lucky, you only need to wait a few years to get an official position like a county magistrate.

Even if the official position is small, it is different from the "master" of ordinary people. When ordinary people see each other, they will kowtow and salute, and their status cannot be compared with before the presidency.

Becoming a superior person overnight is a fatal temptation for any scholar. In order to collect the travel expenses for the exam, it is not uncommon to sell it even if you put in so much effort. If you put in so much effort, it will be better if you win, but if you fail,

, that would have become a devastating blow.

After each provincial examination, there are many scholars who are happy and ecstatic and vomit blood. As the saying goes, everyone laughs at Fan Jin, and everyone is Fan Jin.

Gu Kaizhen and Gu Yunxiao had a deep understanding of this feeling. Seeing that the provincial examination was approaching, although Gu Yunji was not by their side, they were also concerned in their hearts and often wrote letters to greet and comfort him, for fear that he would be under too much pressure.

He was also worried that he would stay away from his father and brother and be "limited under someone else's roof". He was not well taken care of in the Gu family in the city, so he would bring him some food supplements from time to time so that he would not have suffered from bad health when preparing for the exam.

Even Xu Chengyu and his daughter who were far away in the capital sent a letter to tell him how to adjust their state and relieve stress. Xu Shuhua even wrote four pages of paper, which was about talking about his daily life, but in fact he was talking about his own words.

They are all thinking about him, so that he will not have too much psychological burden.

In contrast, Cheng Yan seemed much deserted. He neither took the initiative to go back to visit his relatives, nor did his family send him any letters or things, except for the letters sent by Su Qi a few days ago to the two.

It seemed as if no one cared about his current situation anymore.

Gu Yunji guessed that perhaps Cheng Yan's family was poor, his family didn't know much literacy, and he was tired of the slaughter office and could not come to visit him in person, so he had no way to care. In order to prevent him from falling alone, Gu Yunji seized the time for half a day and dragged him out.

Gu's family went shopping and relaxing.

As the provincial examination approached, the city gathered scholars from the entire Songjiang Prefecture. The streets and alleys were crowded with people, and the shouts of vendors were heard one after another. Although it was not a festival, it was a little more lively than ordinary festivals.

It is rare to escape from the sea of ​​books and titles. Gu Yunji cherishes this rare leisure time, put aside the provincial examination and imperial examinations, empty his brain, and play with Cheng Yan freely.

In the bustling hustle and bustle, Gu Yunji suddenly caught a familiar face on the corner of the street, so he took Cheng Yan forward: "It's you? What a coincidence."

The man was stunned for a moment, looked at the two of them strangely for several times, and then he said with some uncertainty: "...Gu Yunji? And...Cheng Yan?"

Cheng Yan smiled: "Yes. Long time no see, Jiang Kangshi."

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows unexpectedly and looked around the two of them: "Do you know each other?"

Cheng Yan said: "Don't forget that I used to study in Huating County. Jiang Kang and I were both in Class C, so we naturally knew each other."

Jiang Kangshi rubbed his hands and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Since Qiancheng Yan was in the county, the master often praised him for his good homework. Later, he heard that he was admitted to Luxi Academy, and we never saw him again.

, I didn't expect to meet you here."

In just two or three years, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan have become two different people. Not only are they different in height and appearance, but their temperaments are also completely different. The two are as handsome as jade, with a cool and upright figure, and they are talking.

He behaves squarely and generously, and his whole body reveals confidence and calmness.

Three years ago, one was a timid little son, and the other was a poor boy who was bullied. At this moment, the two stood side by side, as if they were reborn. It was too different from what Jiang Kangshi had in his impression.

He was a little afraid to recognize each other for a moment.

Speaking of the days when he was in the county school, Gu Yunji was also sighing: "I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. Two or three years passed in a flash. I feel that the days when he was in the county school school were still yesterday."

When friends met in the past, there was naturally a lot of things to say. The three of them talked about their experiences over the past few years and had been chatting for a long time before they knew it.

Enrolled in Luxi Academy; met His Majesty today; played amusement competitions; placed refugees... Every piece was unimaginable to Jiang Kangshi. He heard him widen his eyes and his mouth opened slightly unconsciously.

The classmates who once sat in the same school actually experienced so many things and grew up in just a few years. In contrast, Jiang Kangshi's "glorious results" of maintaining his status as Class A for two years is really

It's a little bit unprofitable.

The more he talked, the more Jiang Kangshi felt that the difference between him and the two was significant, as if he was from two worlds. After the conversation, he no longer spoke much, but just rubbed his hands restrainedly, and showed a silly smile from time to time.

Feeling Jiang Kangshi's emotional changes, Gu Yunji sighed silently, but his face was not revealed. He chatted casually for a few words and then broke up with him.

Looking at Jiang Kangshi's departure, Gu Yunji felt sad.

The generous and cheerful boy in my memory now seems cramped and respectful in front of me, and he is no longer as familiar as before, as if he is a stranger he just met.

Time changed Gu Yunji and Jiang Kangshi. The two embarked on a completely different path of growth without the other party discovering it. After that, every step forward between the two of them was one step further away from each other.

After so many years, among the friends who once talked about everything, the only thing left is rusty.

Things in the world are easy to change, but true love is difficult to delay. The so-called "eternal friend" may be just a beautiful wish, and it is unknown when it will be shattered.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji subconsciously looked at the young man beside him: Will Cheng Yan be like Jiang Kangshi in the future, and will he gradually get farther and farther away from him after a certain time point that neither of them noticed?
Chapter completed!